Word: heist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...break-in was reported two nights ago at the main Building and Grounds maintenance yard. A steam shovel, a blowtorch, and 100,000 square feet of sod were the only items taken as a result of the heist, the first such heist of this scale in recent memory...
...because of these quirks, the film seems more to be drifting from scene to scene than progressing in any interesting fashion. Although some scenes, most notably one in which two Bulgarian men who communicate with the thiefs in Latin nearly foil the heist of some valuable paintings, are hilarious, others seem out of place...
Things pick up toward the end. Malcolm's ingenuity combines with Frank's greed and Judith's ideas for an exciting, amusing heist rivaling those of Bonnie and Clyde. The conclusion is fun, largely because it's uncluttered by fancy sets, mood lighting and stupid comedy...
Librarian Arrested in Rare Book Heist...
Then came 1980. Hill received a valuable piece of information that year: some of his fellow "wiseguys," as New York hoodlums call themselves, were plotting to kill him. He had been arrested on a drug charge, and his Lufthansa-heist partners were afraid he might talk to the feds. Their fears were well-founded; the following year Hill's testimony resulted in a string of convictions. The canary later sang to Nicholas Pileggi, a veteran journalist, in various secret locations around the U.S. The result, told largely in Hill's words, has the sound and horror of authenticity, The Godfather...